koma-script book have more options for fonts sizes. regards Marceo --- "Joe(theWordy)Philbrook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I like the idea of letting LyX keep track of font > sizes and such so I > can focus on "what I mean" rather than on "how it > looks on paper". > > If I can only choose the right words, LyX will make > it look pretty. > > I could for example write a book or a family news > letter that looks good > printed on standard 8.5"x 11" stock. And then decide > to change the > document settings for paper size and the output will > still look good on > 6"x9" paper. > > If I were however to use LyX write a book with > chapters, footnotes, etc. > I'd like to know I could easily tell LyX to format > output for weaker eyes > without destroying all the relative font size > differences that it so > wisely set up for me while I concentrated on content > instead of worrying > about it's printed appearance. > > And if for example I wrote a family news letter to > send to all the > extended family members in my addressbook. Including > my older sister who > often can't find her glasses. Who gets the large > print edition of the > readers digest simply because she doesn't need to > find her glasses to > read it. I could select all the standard text > sections and force the > font style to use larger font size. > > Though that might result in section headings that no > longer look larger > than the paragraph text. And if the intended > appearance of the newsletter > were to already include places where for example > some anecdotic incident > or other was either emphasized and or trivialized > via a font size of > "M-s l" or "M-s s" Then each of them would have to > again be customized > relative to whatever size I just forced the > surrounding standard text to > be enlarged to So if the standard text was enlarged > via "M-s l" Then the > anecdote that was emphasized with that setting would > need "M-s L" And the > one that was trivialized with "M-s s" might need to > be resized with > "M-s n" etc... > > Then if I wanted a hard copy that even my eyes I > could read without my > glasses I'd probably have to force all the standard > text to an even > larger size with "M-s L" which would, for relative > consistency, lead to > having to recustomize the anecdotic material with > "M-s 8" or "M-s l" etc... > > If I gotta do all that I might do as well to write > the stuff with open > office where I expect to micro-manage such changes. > But I won't, I'd > rather use LyX. > > Then I realized that there was a document setting > called base size. > Unfortunately it seems that the range of possible > base sizes range only > from 10 to 12 pt sizes. I suspect this is because > the prevailing wisdom > for "professional" writing is that a business letter > should be in 10 pt > type and anything much larger just makes the output > look wrong. > But if it were possible to set a base size of say 18 > pt I could take ANY > LyX document that looked presentable to non-visually > impaired recipients > with a default base size. And simply applying a > base size of 18 I could > then generate reasonable looking output for those of > us who simply didn't > eat enough carrots when we were kids. > > But since the maximum base size is only 12 pts, I > gotta ask if I'm > missing some obvious technique to easily convert a > document for a large > print edition without micro managing or losing all > the relative font > sizes??? > > > > ############################################################# > > ##_if_you'd_prefer_an_clearsigned_".asc"_text_file_of_this_## > > ##message_as_an_mime_encoded_attachment,just_ask_me_while__## > > ##it's_STILL_IN_my_outbox_folder_._._._=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+;-)_## > #gpg sig for: Joe (theWordy) Philbrook DSA key ID > 0x6C2163DE# > # You can find my public gpg key at > http://pgpkeys.mit.edu/ # > > ############################################################# > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFIGegzRZ/61mwhY94RAj7EAJ9a/t+fz/i20fWjzwOD/AGgrNAnPACfdO2V > ISCI7gsSfETTNgnm27YEDDs= > =cXDW > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > | ~^~ ~^~ > | <?> <?> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook > | ^ J(tWdy)P > | \___/ <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > Marcelo Acuña visitá mi sitio web http://www.aleph-uno.com.ar ============================================================== Yahoo! Encuentros. Ahora encontrar pareja es mucho más fácil, probá el nuevo Yahoo! Encuentros http://yahoo.cupidovirtual.com/servlet/NewRegistration
